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The Transverse Spin

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2016-09-06 v2

Abstract

Contents : 1. Pre-history 2. Transversity versus helicity 3. The massless limit. "Cardan" and "see-saw" transformations 4. Transversity distribution delta q(x). The diquark spectator model 5. Soffer inequality 6. Tensor charge sum rule 7. t-channel analysis 8. Selection rules for delta q(x) measurements 9. Evolution with Q squared 10. Quark polarimetry. The sheared-jet (Collins) effect 11. Single-spin asymmetries in inclusive experiments 12. Quark distribution dependent on both spin and transverse momentum 13. First evidence of quark transversity

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Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0207309,
  title  = {The Transverse Spin},
  author = {Xavier Artru},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0207309},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

20 pages, 7 figures. Lecture given at Xeme Seminaire Rhodanien de Physique "Le Spin en Physique", 3-8 March, Torino, Italy. To appear in the proceedings